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14 minutes ago, John Brightley said:
There's no reason why designating an area a conservation area should cost CRT anything at all.
The intention of the designation is only to protect the character of the area, so unless CRT plan to change the canal or its surroundings dramatically, they won't be affected.
The area around Sherborne Wharf would not meet the criteria for a Conservation Area. Too much has changed there.
There are plenty of canal related conservation areas nearby though. Examples include Galton Valley, Digbeth and Tipton.
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3 hours ago, dmr said:
Its really sad, but I think that once historic buildings are so surrounded by high rise modern stuff that they are effectively invisible then there is little point in keeping them. "Listing" should really protect a whole area rather than just individual buildings. I would still like to see the canal system as a sort of national park with protection maybe 100 yards either side of it.
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Listing does include the setting and the surroundings in general. Any building work in the vicinity of a listed building will have that listing as a factor in any planning determination. The listed building isn't always the determining factor though.
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On 15/08/2019 at 18:46, Alway Swilby said:
Mobile phones don't work if they have no signal. We have a couple of PMR and use them if we remember to take them off the charger!
Phones are also just a PITA in this scenario, having to dial a number and wait for a reply. They can't be used when wearing thick winter gloves either. Seems as though those people who have walkie talkies and don't use them, simply haven't got used to using them. At first, we always used to forget to take them out, or to charge them. Now I make a point of keeping them charged and, as soon as we get to a lock flight, out they come. They aren't necessary but they do make things easier and far more civilised.
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Is that a tellytubby?
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We use walkie talkies and I don't care if people think we're plonkers. I do a lot of single handing so where there's the two of us and we get to a flight, my OH goes ahead to set locks while I work up or down the flight. Often we are out of sight of each other. She can warn me when a boat is coming the other way and I can leave locks ready for them. She can also warn if there is some kind of issue/hold-up/obstruction ahead, and I can let her know if I've been delayed, or want to have a cup of tea and does she want one?
Far more plonkerish are those crews who work up flights screaming, shouting and waving their arms around at each other. Just use a walkie talkie - far more civilised.
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Aboard NB Beau from Purton to Shepherd’s Patch on the G&S
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Just seen a post on facebook about Valley Cruises in Stratford. They are moving their base to Bidford and the long term moorers there have been given 6 weeks to leave. It seems CRT own the land. Nobody is telling the moorers anything. Just wondering if anyone here knows what the future for the site is? I would have thought that any new operator would be happy to keep the existing moorers on.
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1 hour ago, Captain Pegg said:
Glad it’s not just me. The wholesale changes in personnel in key positions have undoubtedly caused some difficulties for the society but how better to address that problem for the future than to advertise at your own event on a holiday weekend at arguably the busiest canal side environment on the network? Atlas & Malus didn’t even get entered. CRT directors, staff and volunteers were out in force.
In all truth I expected to get some negative comment about painting the CRT logo on the head of the deck board for Scorpio rather than the BCNS logo as it could have been construed I was claiming it as a CRT event. Needn’t have worried.
Thankfully I believe Richard and Sue and a group of others will be determined to keep this event going. Without them I fear it’s long term future could be in jeopardy.
JP
And CRT, to be fair, promoted the event more than BCNS. They advertised it on their website and were tweeting about it in the week preceding and over the weekend. The @bcnchallenge twitter account picked up quite a few new followers, which may well have been down to CRT retweeting. Any of those new followers may decide to join the BCNS or take part in the challenge in future.
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3 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said:
As ever when I return home thoughts turn to the next BCN 24 Hour Marathon Challenge. My thoughts on next year are;-
- Vulpes will make a reappearance. Boating the pair in the company of skilled crew members was fabulous but I did have a tinge of regret before the event that I wasn’t heading to Brum with my own boat.
- a better finish location; which I am sure will happen. Sue did say she had some ideas.
- a presence from the BCNS. Anyone visiting central Brum on Sunday would have struggled to recognise the society exists which was a massive missed opportunity. Got to agree with this. The one time the challenge is right where non-boaters might be, and the BCNS are absent? There should have been a big presence from the BCNS with a stall and a recruitment drive.
3 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said:- more boats overall, which will hopefully be a natural consequence of a full year’s planning and advertising. There were also a few stalwarts notable by their absence this year which may just be a coincidence.
- a return of historic boats. The numbers seem to have dropped off significantly over the last two or three years. Suggestions as to why and how to redress that situation would be good to hear.
- if Richard and Sue are to continue organising it would be good to see a reconstituted Team Tawny Owl on one or more of the past crew members’ boats. I know that the team helped the running of the event but there must be a way to make it happen. They’re a big part of the event.
JP
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1 hour ago, system 4-50 said:
yes please!
I just tried but failed. I’ll try later when I have WiFi. Here’s two. The top one is disused Bradley Locks. The second is team Firefly on the Walsall flight.
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12 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
I take it Dave won the cycling class then?
I'm claiming it! It's a bit like when, aged 7, my rabbit won best in breed at a local pet show. It took 25 years for my parents to tell me that he was the only entrant.
My plan was just to pedal round the BCN, with a friend, taking pictures of boats for the twitter. Along the way, Richard suggested he might be able to give me a score. I really enjoyed it and may cycle again next year with a proper plan.
I have a load of pictures which I'll post here when I can be bothered.
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Hello forum folk. I have emerged from a self-imposed forum retirement to let you all know that the bcn challenge twitter account is still very much a thing. Find it at @bcnchallenge and use the hashtag #bcnchallenge to keep up with all the exciting events of the weekend.
Unfortunately I'm unable to take part by boat this year, but I do expect to be out and about on the bcn on a bike, snapping some photos of participants.
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Question out of curiosity:
If the gas bottles were simply removed prior to the inspection - would it pass?
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15 hours ago, zenataomm said:
I refer you to the previous answer from Machpoint005 as it also applies to your situation.
Why anybody would want to try and find a way around something as dangerous as where you store your gas astounds me.
Simply fix drain offs from the side over your gunnels and you won't need to worry about failing The BSS nor about blowing up.
I'm beginning to think BSS has resulted in such a reduction in blown up wrecks littering the offside bank nowadays that the lack of the visual shock we used to witness up into the late 80s is now leading to a laissez faire approach to passing it.
I find The BSS annoying, especially as it is so subjective and appears to get dafter and more complex with 4 years of updates to consider each time you renew.
However GAS! If I could totally get rid of it cost effectively then I would. When I bought my boat I threw away the gas fridge and the water heater before I arrived at my mooring.
I believe there are more fires caused on boats which start from solid fuel stoves, than from gas appliances.
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5 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
Every one else's Emojis are This is what I have to choose from
What device are you using?
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1 hour ago, nicknorman said:
I would report it to Annette Vaughan who is the enforcement officer for the area. Annette.Vaughan@canalrivertrust.org.uk The thing is if these things go unchecked they can just proliferate. Better to nip in the bud.
They're not called Enforcement Officers anymore. They're now Licence Support Officers!
I promise I'm not making this up!
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Just now, Lily Rose said:
I have three and alternate between two of them. The third is under the bed for emergency use but has so far not needed to be used.
I try not to have full ones by aiming to be near an Elsan point by the time the first one is full. I rarely pass a free Elsan point without taking the opportunity to empty the cassette if it's more than about a quarter full. Occasionally I have to move on to the second one and then the full one is out in the engine area when we're moored up and moved temporarily to the bathroom during the 3 hours or so per day, on average, that we are on the move.
Ugh to sleeping on top of a large tank'o'shite every night. Much better to sleep on top of a bed-sized storage space used for bedding, towels and beer. Or anything but peepoo.
I think I agree with you on the pump-outs. I'd want that tank to be very well sealed!!!
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1 minute ago, Winn said:
I know the guidelines well enough thank you but he still deserved the comment and you darn well know it!
No, he didn't. I've sent you a PM.
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1 minute ago, Winn said:
exactly! and is why he deserved the comment you wiped!
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Mod hat on: Please remember that this is first and foremost a personal tragedy. Please bear that in mind when you post. Friends / family could read what you have said.
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7 hours ago, Kev's Halcyon said:
It's a bit misleading. Cooper Bridge is actually on the River Calder, not a Huddersfield Canal. Not sure which part they were on, but probably the cutting which bypasses the weir and leads to the lock. Still very sad and a mystery though.
Cooper Bridge is where the C&H meets the Huddersfield Broad Canal, so could be classed as Cooper Bridge and be on the canal, just.
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1 hour ago, mrsmelly said:
Yes. In a purpose built cupboard with shelving for 3 on my last boat. Remember unlike drop through pump out tanks when the flap is closed in the cupboard there is no smell or leakage.
Still ugh!
10 minutes ago, Lily Rose said:I keep my EMPTY cassettes under the bed which seems to me to be preferable to keeping a big tank'o'shite there.
And your full ones, when you're not near an Elsan?
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If you don't have a front cratch, where do you keep your spare cassettes? Inside the boat???
I promise I'm not making this up!
Stourport Basin visitor mooring
in General Boating
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I'm on the VM just next to the service block. There's an electric bollard which I've connected to in the past, you can buy the cards from the Chandlery in the basin. But the chandlery doesn't have any electric cards and seemed vague about if or when they might ever get any more. I walked round to the CRT office and the guy there didn't know anything about it or where to try and get some. I tried Starline and they've never stocked them.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I might be able to get one? Or who to ask at CRT? It seems utterly stupid to provide an electric bollard for visiting boats but offer no way of making use of it.
I don't mind driving to get a card within reason.